diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index f670e4b9e7f33fdbb186d9b1c9186c6a2fbf7324..57d3ee9e4bde2a799715ca75871fd61b27858b0a 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2901,14 +2901,19 @@ userspace buffer and its length:
 
 struct kvm_s390_irq_state {
 	__u64 buf;
-	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 flags;        /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
 	__u32 len;
-	__u32 reserved[4];
+	__u32 reserved[4];  /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
 };
 
 Userspace passes in the above struct and for each pending interrupt a
 struct kvm_s390_irq is copied to the provided buffer.
 
+The structure contains a flags and a reserved field for future extensions. As
+the kernel never checked for flags == 0 and QEMU never pre-zeroed flags and
+reserved, these fields can not be used in the future without breaking
+compatibility.
+
 If -ENOBUFS is returned the buffer provided was too small and userspace
 may retry with a bigger buffer.
 
@@ -2932,10 +2937,14 @@ containing a struct kvm_s390_irq_state:
 
 struct kvm_s390_irq_state {
 	__u64 buf;
+	__u32 flags;        /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
 	__u32 len;
-	__u32 pad;
+	__u32 reserved[4];  /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
 };
 
+The restrictions for flags and reserved apply as well.
+(see KVM_S390_GET_IRQ_STATE)
+
 The userspace memory referenced by buf contains a struct kvm_s390_irq
 for each interrupt to be injected into the guest.
 If one of the interrupts could not be injected for some reason the
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
index 6048b1c6e58062bac1258b003a4ebc3814896712..05ee90a5ea08bdb50eb3b9f2b77e70349f7e40bf 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Makefile for kernel virtual machines on s390
 #
 # Copyright IBM Corp. 2008
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 KVM := ../../../virt/kvm
 common-objs = $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o  $(KVM)/async_pf.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/vfio.o
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c b/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c
index d93a2c0474bf67e45698882ecb5f36f0d8688a7d..89aa114a2cbada0989cec25757ec93daed36d064 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/diag.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * handling diagnose instructions
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2011
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
index bec42b852246f0c44f88acf20ae36c51a36c3d20..f4c51756c46239cb4246ae7bd2e0aeb166d46383 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * access guest memory
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c b/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c
index bcbd86621d018085d036f43d815ae1c97791951c..b5f3e82006d0b2e2d8806e8a7e5e58e559255e5b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * kvm guest debug support
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  */
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c b/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c
index 8fe034beb623217f42bc990c58dea9984426ef30..9c7d707158622e7f0743570db60599fa95a9de3b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * in-kernel handling for sie intercepts
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
index fa557372d600a0283663635ff198895cfad91709..024ad8bcc51655e98ffed300817bc0e06e051cf7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * handling kvm guest interrupts
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2015
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h b/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h
index d98e4159643df457a4dfeb50e93ab77d53291698..484608c71dd01185b88f9db1a11e3f523bcefebf 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/irq.h
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * s390 irqchip routines
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2014
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
  */
 #ifndef __KVM_IRQ_H
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 9614aea5839b6ecf1c36e2ccbbd64e2592621dd9..ec8b68e97d3cd4755074463e467a82474471e7c6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
- * hosting zSeries kernel virtual machines
+ * hosting IBM Z kernel virtual machines (s390x)
  *
- * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2009
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2017
  *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
@@ -3808,6 +3805,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			r = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}
+		/* do not use irq_state.flags, it will break old QEMUs */
 		r = kvm_s390_set_irq_state(vcpu,
 					   (void __user *) irq_state.buf,
 					   irq_state.len);
@@ -3823,6 +3821,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			r = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}
+		/* do not use irq_state.flags, it will break old QEMUs */
 		r = kvm_s390_get_irq_state(vcpu,
 					   (__u8 __user *)  irq_state.buf,
 					   irq_state.len);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
index 10d65dfbc306736bc31e1a7f363c2b48516c52e7..5e46ba429bcb4dfe4345f531339557b6af71ef40 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * definition for kvm on s390
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2009
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@de.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
index c954ac49eee47158ac27bd1d16ba9dbcab7e25a3..572496c688cc0c647bd220310bfdc6e9635d4723 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * handling privileged instructions
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2013
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  */
@@ -235,8 +232,6 @@ static int try_handle_skey(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		VCPU_EVENT(vcpu, 4, "%s", "retrying storage key operation");
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
-	if (vcpu->arch.sie_block->gpsw.mask & PSW_MASK_PSTATE)
-		return kvm_s390_inject_program_int(vcpu, PGM_PRIVILEGED_OP);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -247,6 +242,9 @@ static int handle_iske(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	int reg1, reg2;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (vcpu->arch.sie_block->gpsw.mask & PSW_MASK_PSTATE)
+		return kvm_s390_inject_program_int(vcpu, PGM_PRIVILEGED_OP);
+
 	rc = try_handle_skey(vcpu);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc != -EAGAIN ? rc : 0;
@@ -276,6 +274,9 @@ static int handle_rrbe(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	int reg1, reg2;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (vcpu->arch.sie_block->gpsw.mask & PSW_MASK_PSTATE)
+		return kvm_s390_inject_program_int(vcpu, PGM_PRIVILEGED_OP);
+
 	rc = try_handle_skey(vcpu);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc != -EAGAIN ? rc : 0;
@@ -311,6 +312,9 @@ static int handle_sske(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	int reg1, reg2;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (vcpu->arch.sie_block->gpsw.mask & PSW_MASK_PSTATE)
+		return kvm_s390_inject_program_int(vcpu, PGM_PRIVILEGED_OP);
+
 	rc = try_handle_skey(vcpu);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc != -EAGAIN ? rc : 0;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c b/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c
index 9d592ef4104b0416029944fed5770a8ea74a47cb..c1f5cde2c878e63e32d44a47a10e3c77ccfc32ae 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * handling interprocessor communication
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2013
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
  *               Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@de.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
index a311938b63b3b4eea0dd57e80bd02c4708dfcd92..5d6ae0326d9e8fa2707e8d066488c8313dfef879 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * kvm nested virtualization support for s390x
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2016
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  *    Author(s): David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  */
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 282d7613fce8788bc466913d7fcacc960dd1c6de..496e59a2738ba99308f438e1f0509e66e17086cb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@ struct kvm_s390_irq {
 
 struct kvm_s390_irq_state {
 	__u64 buf;
-	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 flags;        /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
 	__u32 len;
-	__u32 reserved[4];
+	__u32 reserved[4];  /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
 };
 
 /* for KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG */